President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. on Wednesday witnessed the mixed joint littoral stay hearth train of the Philippines and United States armed forces in Zambales as a part of their Balikatan Exercise.
The train additionally included the sinking of goal ship Philippine Navy’s (PN) BRP Pangasinan (PS-31), a World War II-era corvette decommissioned in 2021.
The vessel, positioned 12 nautical miles off the coastal waters of San Antonio, is handled as an adversarial vessel and focused to be sunk.
Defense Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. was beside Marcos as he watched the train.
Balikatan Exercise is an annual train between the Philippines and the US navy.
For this 12 months, Balikatan marks its largest iteration with greater than 17,600 members and goals to boost cooperation, enhance capabilities and enhance interoperability of the 2 nations.
Balikatan 2023 opened on April 11 and can conclude on April 28. —KG, GMA Integrated News
Source: www.gmanetwork.com
